Multiple choice`
Howw did the US government help traders traveling on the Santa Fe Trail?!
Sent troops to protect against Native American attacks
Compare the US army and the Mexican army
Better equipped than the Mexican army :]
idea that the US was bound to expand to the Pacific ocean and spread democracy
Manifest destiny
Head of the mormon church after Joseph smith's death
Brigham young (well duh)
Americans moved westward in the early 1800s because the French and British companies depleted the lumber supply
FALsTH
How did various cultures shape one another in the ssouthwest after the Mexican Cession?!
Communities regularly celebrated both Mexican and American holidays :)
What challenge did Mexican Americans face after the Mexican war??!!
Mexican land laws differed from the US land laws(duhh)
US president who favored the annexation of Texas
John Tyler (kinda basic)
increased the size of the US by nearly 25%
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo XD
As a result of the population explosian during the gold rush California became eligible for statehood
TRUTHHH:)
What role did the transcontinental railroad play in California's development?
Gave California's economy the means to grow by connecting the state to the rest of the country :|
Which best describes Empresarios???
Agents who brought settlers to Texas:)
Empresario who started a colony on the Lower Colorado River
Stephen F. Austin
dispute in Sonoma,CA, between Mexican and American settlers
Bear flaggg Revolt
One way Americans made life difficult for Chinese immigrants was prohibiting them to open their own business
FALSEEEEEth
What lesson does a Western traveler learn from the story of the Donner party?(kinda sounds like the Jeffrey Dohmer party)
Don't look for shortcuts (factss)
Imagine thinking you'd actually get 400 points
XD
Mexican priest who led Native Americans and mestizos in a rebellion
MIGUEL (muh-gel) Hidalgo y Costilla
Mexican general who was captured at the battle of San Jacinto
Antonio Lopez de santa anna
A placer miner was employed to search for places that were most likely to contain gold
FALSE
What was the cause of Mormon persecution in 1850s??
Marriage to more than one wife (reall)
What does the slogan "Fifty-four forty or Fight!" refer to?
Line which they wanted their Northern territory to extent 0_0
Gave the US much of Mexico's norther territory
Gadsden Purchase0_0
Mission besieged during an important battle of the Texan revolution
The ALAMO
Mexican officials didn't want many Americans to settle in California but they gave Swiss immigrant John Sutter permission to start a colony near the Sacramento river in 1839
TRUEE